Lead Infrastructure Engineer, Managed Kubernetes Platform (MEKS)

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The Lead Infrastructure Engineer – Kubernetes & Service Mesh is a lead technical authority within the MEKS platform team. This role is responsible for designing, building, and operating the high-scale container and service mesh infrastructure. This infrastructure powers critical backend services across […].

Reporting directly to the Platform Engineering Manager, this hands-on lead role focuses entirely on deep technical execution, platform architecture, system reliability, and developer experience. You will serve as the primary architect and technical mentor for the platform, driving multi-cluster AWS EKS strategies, Istio service mesh implementations, and cross-team developer enablement. This is an onsite position based in the Jakarta office.

The Critical Tasks You Will Perform Architecture & Platform Engineering

Service Mesh Implementation involves designing and deploying production-grade Istio service mesh infrastructure. This infrastructure consists of a data plane and control plane. It re